Credit unions running on the widely used Symitar Episys coreprocessing platform are invited to participate in a newcollaborative marketplace to exchange programming solutions.

The PowerOn Marketplace is named after the customization toolthe company offers credit unions to allow them to develop customapplications independent of the core code.

Symitar, a San Diego-based division of Jack Henry &Associates with a client list of about 750 credit unions, said thecentralized community resource is intended to allow its clients toshare, review and adopt ideas and custom programming solutions.

“Candidly, previous methods of trading code were unsecure andsometimes exclusive, so we created PowerOn Marketplace as aconvenient way to access, share, and rate solutions in a safe,reliable environment,” said Symitar President Ted Bilke.

PowerOn Marketplace will launch with more than 20 uniquesolutions, including eSnapshot, a credit union-defined dashboard,and SIGPAD Survey, which converts a common digital signature padinto a member survey platform, the company said.

They also will have the option of charging for their solutionsbeginning in January, the company said.

“We have always collaborated with other Episys users to sharecode and ideas, and PowerOn Marketplace will improve that processexponentially,” said an initial user, Dan Davis, vice president offinance and IT at the $103 million Financial Plus Credit Union inDes Moines, Iowa.

Symitar will continue to provide its own product development andproduct integrations, the company said.

Symitar joins Open Solutions in offering credit union customersa marketplace for software collaboration. That company launched itsDNAappstore last year.